Though Tumblr TV defaults to a random stream of GIFs — all of which have been posted to Tumblr at some point — you can also customize the type you want to see with the search function.

For example, typing "cat GIFs" into the search bar, will turn up a virtually limitless outflow of cat GIFs. Like traditional TV streams, Tumblr TV will also allow you to pause, skip ahead or go back to previous GIFs. You can also heart or reblog posts you like and GIFs include a link back to the original post.

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Other than its main landing page, Tumblr users can also get to Tumblr TV from the site's main search. Adding "gif" to the end of any search query will add a TV icon that redirects to Tumblr TV. Additionally, users can give their own personal page the Tumblr TV treatment by adding the name of their blog to the Tumblr TV URL (tumblr.com/tv/@yourblog).

"We kind of made this whole thing by accident," Tumblr wrote in a post on its staff blog announcing the feature.

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The site's users are, of course, known for their love of GIFs and Tumblr continues to add more features to help people browse the huge number of GIFs that have been posted to the site . The company added a new GIF search feature earlier this month, which also surfaces GIFs already hosted on Tumblr.

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